Tom started a thread yesterday asking for advice on designing a beam & trolley system here: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42237 . I gave an appropriately conservative response in light of the liability exposure that this issue would have brought to both the site and myself as a building professional. Alan and others have jumped in and started throwing ideas all over the place about what to do.
My questions to the BOD are:
1. Can we be held liable as a Corporation for dissemination in good faith of potentially hazardous advice by our members?
2. Should we monitor and/or discourage solicitation and responses to such issues?
3. Would an overall disclaimer in our policy be appropriate for such issues?
I raise these issues because I can see one day someone coming here and asking such questions and following advice by our members with catastrophic results, exposing us to a liability law suit for allowing or encouraging such activity. I realize that 99% of our members are adults and should be responsible for their own actions, but that will not discourage some neophyte from attempting an endeavor beyond their expertise and relying totally upon what they garner from this site and its members.
My questions to the BOD are:
1. Can we be held liable as a Corporation for dissemination in good faith of potentially hazardous advice by our members?
2. Should we monitor and/or discourage solicitation and responses to such issues?
3. Would an overall disclaimer in our policy be appropriate for such issues?
I raise these issues because I can see one day someone coming here and asking such questions and following advice by our members with catastrophic results, exposing us to a liability law suit for allowing or encouraging such activity. I realize that 99% of our members are adults and should be responsible for their own actions, but that will not discourage some neophyte from attempting an endeavor beyond their expertise and relying totally upon what they garner from this site and its members.